Boundary determines odd-dimensional middle-index handlebodies
Boundary determines odd-dimensional middle-index handlebodies
Let and be -dimensional -handlebodies. Their boundaries are denoted by and .
Boundary-determination conjecture. If and are diffeomorphic, then and are diffeomorphic.
If true, this would imply Lawson's theorem that every closed -manifold can be constructed as a twisted double of a -dimensional -handlebody. The source provides no resolution of the conjecture.
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Primary source
Geunyoung Kim, “Heegaard diagrams for 5-manifolds”, arXiv:2505.06887 (2025).
Additional references
2 papers in this index state this conjecture (2025). The statement above is taken from the most recent of them; the others are arXiv:2502.11314.
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